Fiber-corrugated-board barrel



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C. H. CROW/ELL FIBER CORRUGATED BOARD BARREL Filed Feb. 5, 1920 PatentedJune 17, 1924.

UNITED STATES H. CBQWELI, 0F BROOKLYN, YORK.

FIBER-CORRUGATD-BOA-RD` BARREL.

Application llled February 8, 1920. Serial No. 356,028.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. CROWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the boron h of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and certainnew and useful Invention Relating to Fiber-Corrugated-Board Barrels, ofwhich the following is a specification taken in connection with theaccompanying drawhis invention relates especially to barrels or similarcontainers formed of corrugated paper board, ber board or similarmaterial. One or morepieces of heavy corrugated paper board, forexample, may be used to form the body of the barrel or similar containerand\ may advantageously be creased and folded in a direction transverseto the corrugations of the paper boardy so as to have six or eight sidesmore or less, such polygonal shape contributing greatly to the stiffnessand rigidity of the container especially when reenforced as at its endsby the use of heavy reenforcing covers or other end members. Thecooperating covers may advantageously be made of multiple thicknesscorrugated paper o-r liber board and byl crossing the grain orcorrugations of such corrugated paper board and properly shaping theedges of the pieces a stepped form of top and bottom cover may b eprovided fitting within the edges of the body -which may be flanged topromote this action and glued thereto which is an additional preventiveagainst pilfering when the glue engages and holds together suchconcealed inside portions of the cover seams or joints. The folds orjoints in the body material may be reenforced and sealed by connector orretainer strips of cloth or paper tape glued in position and referablycomprising at least at the edge ]oints or seams a body connector striphaving its ends brought around the top and bottom edges ofthe body andse.- cured inside of the same which, practically speaking, preventsopening of this edge seam of the body without detection.

In the accompanying drawing showing in a somewhat diagrammatic wayvarious illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showlng a barrel or container of this type,lparts being shown in section for greater clearness.

Fig.l 2 is a top view of a series of such containers; and

tate of New York, have made a' Fig. 3 is a top view of a different formof container.

Although not necessarily limited thereto a barrel or container .of thistype may advantageously be made with six or eight sides which seems tobe desirable to give increased stiffness and rigidity to the body byreason of the polygonal form thereof and a six sided container of coursehas the added ad# of such weight and thickness as is suitable v for theparticular size of container and the weight and character of itscontents and as shown in Fig. l the containerbody may be formed of oneor vmore pieces of heavy corrugated paper board in which .the facingmembers lare joined by the corrugated aper or straw board member 15prefera ly having its corrugations extending transverselyto the edgefolds in the material. For a hexagonal container or barrel the sides 1,2,-3, 4, 5 and 6 may for moderate sizes be formed of a single piece ofsuch corrugated paper board which may be creased transversely of itscorrugations as indicated and reenforced at these creased folding edgesand also lat its edge seam by suitable retainer strips such as 12 whichare preferably forced at 13 into the folds or creases at these edges.The edge seam is als/e preferably reenforced and held together by aconnector strip such as 7 of heavier material, such, for instance," asheavy gummed cloth tape which is preferably pasted around the outside ofthis seam and formed with inturned ends 26 adhesively or otherwisesecured to the inside of the body material so as to give added strengthand` security to this edge seam.

It is for many reasons advantageous to forml the container body with`projecting edge fianges such as 19 which may be readily done by cuttingaway more or less of the inner portions of the body material at one orboth edges so as to leave at least the outer facing strip) of materialand at the seams and edges the retainer and connector strips mayreenforce this edge liange as shown in lio Fig. 1 where the connectorstrip 7 has a portion `8 extending around ,the edge flange 19 whileother portions, such as 9, 10 are secured to the corners of this fian dor stepped ed e to increase its strength 1n connectlon wit the inturnedportion 11 of this connector strip. Such a container body may be creasedand connected at its one or more edge seams and may be shipped in flator knockdown condition if it has an even number of sides or edges, sincethis allows the container body to be folded together upon itself intosubstantially flat condition. The top and bottom may be formed of anysuitable material, such, for instance, as multiple ly corrugated'paperboard as indicated Vin Eig. 1, this construction also facilitating theformation of a stepped top and bottom cover for the container asindicated. The inner cover member 2O may as shown have its corrugatedconnector member. 16 arranged transversely to the corrugated connector17 of the outer somewhat larger cover member having one of its facingportions 21 adhe sively connected to the adjacent facing 20 of the innercover. 'j These covers may be formed by stamping, sawing or cutting thematerial and then gluing or otherwise connecting the pieces together sothat a one-piece cover may thus be formed for insertion into each end ofthe barrel or container in which it may be secure by any suitable means.Glue or other enerally similar adhesive 19 may be used for this purposeand preferably applied throughout at least some of the inside concealedportions of these joints so as to prevent the undetected opening orpilfering of the corrugated barrel and of course for still greatersecurity or strength sealing strips such. as 14, 22, may be applied andadhesively secured to the cover joints.

Fig. 3 indicates an octagonal corrugated paper barrel or container ofgenerally similar construction, this container 28 having in thisinstance eight similar sides 25 formed of heavy corru ated paper board15 in which the folde edges and seams may be reenforced internally,externally, or both, as by cloth or paper gummed strips 12. Of course insome cases a still greater number of sides may be used; for suchcorrugated pa er or similar containers, although six or eig t sidedbarrels or containers seem to ive very, good results with a minimum ofsti ening reenforcement adjacent the central portions.

This invention has been described in connection with a number ofillustrative em bodiments, forms, portions, parts, materials,arrangements and methods of manufacture andV use, to the details ofwhich disclosure the invention is not of course to be limited, sincewhat is claimed as new and what is desired to be secured by'LettersPatent is set forth in the appended claims:

1. The corru ated paper board barrel comprisin a six si ed containerbody formed of a sing e piece of corrugated paper board scoredtransversely of its corrugations, gummed tape retainer strips adhesivelysccured to the inside of such scored edges and side seam, a heavy gummedcloth connector strip adhesively secured to the outside of saidcontainer body to join the ends thereof which form the edge seam in saidbody, the ends of said connector body being brought around and securedto the inside of said connector body, said connector body havingprojecting edge fianges and top and bottom covers lhaving stepped edgesfitting within said edge nges and formed of adhesively secured multiplethickness corrugated paper board and 'gummed tape sealing stri s securedto the outside seams between sai container body and covers.

2. The corrugated paper board barrel comprising a' six sided containerbody formed of a single piece of corrugated paper board foldedtransversely of its corrugations, a heav gummed connector stripadhesively secure to the outside of said container body to join the endsthereof which form the edge seam in said body, said connector bodyhaving projecting edge flanges and top and bottom covers fitting Withinsaid edge fianges and formed of a hesively secured multiple thicknesscorrugated paper board.

3. The corrugated paper board barrel comprisin a six sided containerbody formed o corrugated paper board folded transversely of itscorrugations, a heavy gummed connector strip adhesivel secured to theoutside of said container bo v to join the ends thereof which form theedge seam in said body, said connector body having projecting-edgefianges and to and bottom covers having stepped edges fitting withinsaid edge flanges.

4. The corrugated paper board barrel comprising a six to eight sidedpolygonal container body formed of a single plece of corrugated paperboard folded transversely of its corrugations, retainer stripsadhesively secured to the inside of such folded edges of said body,means to adhesively join the ends of said contairer body formin the edgeseam therein, said connector body aving projecting edge fianges and topand bottom covers fitting within the edges of said container body andformed of adhesively secured multiple thickness corrugated paper board.

5. The corrugated paper board container-l comprising a six to eightsided polygonal container body formed of corrugated paper board foldedtransversely of its corrugations, retainer stri s adhesively secured tothe inside of such olded ed es of said body, means to adhesively join te ends of said container body forming the edge seam therein and top andbottom covers fittin Within the edges of said container body an formedof multiple thickness corrugated paper board.

6. The paper board container comprising a polygonal container bodyformed of a single piece of corrugated paper board fl foldedtransversely of its corrugations and having its ends connected, gummedtape retainer strips adhesively secured to the inside of such foldededges, said connector body having projecting edge Han es andc'ooperating covers having Steppe edges fitting Within and glued insidesaid edge flanges and formed of adhesively secured multiple thicknesscorrugated paper board.

7. The paper board container comprising a polygonal container bodyformed of a single piece of courrugated paper board folded transverselyof its corru ations and having its ends connected, sai connector bodyhaving projecting edge fianges and cooperatin covers having stepped edes fitting wiiin and glued inside sai edge anges.

8. The paper board container comprising a six to eight sided polygonalcontainer body formed of a single piece of paper board having connectedends and projecting edge flanges and a cooperating cover having steppededges fitting Withln said edge flanges and formed of adhesively securedmultiple thickness corrugated paper board.

CHARLES H. CROWELL.

